Citation Canada

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About Citation Canada

Citation Canada, formerly HRdownloads, has a human resources management software designed to help businesses create and distribute customizable HR policy manuals, job descriptions, template-based surveys, and employee training documents across the organization. Our Atlas platform lets recruiters onboard employees, send an individual or a bundle of training assignments, and store information about staff in a centralized repository.

Using a Policy Manual Wizard, HR representatives can create policy manuals on various subjects, such as compensation and benefits, performance management, workplace safety, human rights, and more. The Atlas platform allows hiring managers to include brand-specific documents in manuals, edit content across predefined templates, and compare the new legislation and updates to existing policies. The platform also offers monthly curated content on the latest industry trends and provides access to policies, templates, forms, checklists, topic-specific videos through a unified portal.

The platform also has a job description generator, which creates template-based or fully customizable job descriptions, postings, and interview questions in compliance with business standards. Internal teams can build out surveys on employee engagement, onboarding, offboarding, health and safety, customer satisfaction, and more.


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Overall rating

4.6 /5
(38)
Value for Money
4.4/5
Features
4.4/5
Ease of Use
4.4/5
Customer Support
4.8/5

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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Some pros and cons about HRdownloads

Reviewed on 2024/06/18

HRdownloads is very useful especially if you need a template or get an idea on how to create...

HRdownloads is very useful especially if you need a template or get an idea on how to create something for HR purposes.

Pros

The available templates that we can use anytime. Those templates save a lot of time and research.

Cons

Maybe the integration part? We cant integrate the HRdownloads to the EDM tool that we are currently using.

Response from Citation Canada

Our support team is thrilled with your review. We thank you for your kind words and for choosing and trusting HRdownloads!

Kimberley
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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Satisfied with what we utilize!

Reviewed on 2024/07/02

Since [sensitive content hidden] took over as my account rep, I feel he has been very responsive...

Since [sensitive content hidden] took over as my account rep, I feel he has been very responsive and I understand the menu of options available to our company far better than I ever have before.

Pros

The Live HR advice is always appreciated and top notch. The advisors are quick to respond and knowledgeable in their fields. I have yet to stump them! I also appreciate the template documents and letters that I have used.

Cons

I wish that the training offered was more extensive. It is very HR specific and thus we cannot use it for our industry, as it only applies to a very small department.

Alternatives Considered

Performance Pro

Reasons for Switching to Citation Canada

price and easy access to Live Advice was why we chose, however we do use the training centre part of HR Performance Pro

Response from Citation Canada

We are pleased to learn our HR advice is useful and we passed on your kind words to the team. Thank you for choosing HRdownloads!

Corinne
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  • Industry: Facilities Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

The HR Directors are the main reason we have been a 10+ year customer

Reviewed on 2025/01/28

Overall, their HR Directors are excellent and informative. They help answer any questions you may...

Overall, their HR Directors are excellent and informative. They help answer any questions you may have and offer sound advice. Their customer service is also available to answer any account related questions.

Pros

I have worked with Citation Canada/HR Downloads for over 10 years. Their friendly and helpful HR Directors offer sound advice, are willing to guide you through processes and support any documentation you require. They are what make Citation Canada an amazing tool.

Cons

Pricing seems to continue going up. Updates to policies, should be an auto update instead of having to click into each one and download

Response from Citation Canada

Corinne, thank you so much for your kind review! We really appreciate your loyalty and your candid feedback. We've shared your suggestions with our product team so we can keep improving our solutions for amazing customers like you.

Kylee
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  • Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Easy to use

Reviewed on 2024/02/09

Pros

The layout of the website and the ability to have employee sign documents

Cons

I would like it to have an area to post employee reminders.

Response from Citation Canada

Thanks for the review and glad that you find our website user-friendly. There are several ways that you can get or send reminders. If you'd like to discuss this please reach out to us at [email protected].

Laura
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  • Industry: Law Practice
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Excellent platform for HR

Reviewed on 2024/12/09

Very reliable and effective HR system for day to day operations.

Very reliable and effective HR system for day to day operations.

Pros

I like the updates with legislation; tracking assignments and compliance for employees; courses offered

Cons

time management just isn't there for me yet.

Alternatives Considered

Dayforce HCM and BambooHR

Reasons for Switching to Citation Canada

the legislation, templates and learning modules were important to me.

Response from Citation Canada

On behalf of the entire Citation Canada team, thank you for your amazing review! We will definitely keep working to improve all our solutions so we can continue making a real difference for customers like you!

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Citation Canada offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: CA$1,000.00/year
  • Pricing model: Subscription
  • Free Trial: Not Available

Cluster pricing available by quote with volume discounts. À la carte tools allow you to add what fits with your businesses.

Citation Canada has the following typical customers:

2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000

Citation Canada supports the following languages:

English

Citation Canada supports the following devices:

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Citation Canada offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support

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